TAMIL NADU ENVIRONMENT: Activists oppose plan to build hospital on national park land
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Threat to greenery
Chennai's greenery is under attack yet again. This time, the onslaught has not come from an influential builder, but the government. It has endorsed MGR medical university vice chancellor's plan to build a 500 bed hospital in the land to be carved out of the 2.7 square kilometre Guindy national park.
Situated in the middle of Chennai, this iconic park houses some 400 endangered black bucks, 2,000 spotted deer, 24 jackals, 100 species of birds, 60 species of butterflies and spiders.
It is not for the first time that this park has been robbed of land. Originally it was a place of game reserve. A British citizen Gilbert Rodericks, who died in 1817, owned it. After his death, the East India Company bought the property in 1821 as a weekend retreat for the governor. In 1947, when India became Independent, Guindy Lodge, as it was known then, became Raj Bhavan where the governor resided. In 1958, about 600 acre was handed over to the forest department, and in 1977 it earned the status of a national park.
By then, however, the original area of the park had shrunk as large portions of land had been given out for construction of Mahatma Gandhi memorial (9.25 acre); cancer institute (9 acre); Rajaji memorial (2.5 acre) and Kamaraj memorial ( 6 acre). IIT-Madras and Guru Nanak Educational Society also got land. The famous cancer institute is located inside the city.
Interestingly, the wildlife warden of the national park, Karunapriya, is not aware of any such development. She says she hasn't heard about construction of the hospital inside the park. 'Many wild animals survive here. We have a healthy population of black buck.' Many wildlife activists are opposed to such a project.
Chennai-based wildlife filmmaker Shekhar Dattatri said: 'The construction of a hospital will increase vehicle traffic. Besides, the development will have a long-term impact on the fauna and flora. This green space which acts as lung of the city should be protected.' K.V.Sudhakar, member of Madras naturalist association told TSI: 'Guindy national park is the last green patch in Chennai. It seems that the hospital has been planned near the Raj Bhavan. But a hospital inside a park is insensitive as the medical waste disposal and intrusion by the human beings will definitely spoil the atmosphere.'
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Threat to greenery
Chennai's greenery is under attack yet again. This time, the onslaught has not come from an influential builder, but the government. It has endorsed MGR medical university vice chancellor's plan to build a 500 bed hospital in the land to be carved out of the 2.7 square kilometre Guindy national park.
Situated in the middle of Chennai, this iconic park houses some 400 endangered black bucks, 2,000 spotted deer, 24 jackals, 100 species of birds, 60 species of butterflies and spiders.
It is not for the first time that this park has been robbed of land. Originally it was a place of game reserve. A British citizen Gilbert Rodericks, who died in 1817, owned it. After his death, the East India Company bought the property in 1821 as a weekend retreat for the governor. In 1947, when India became Independent, Guindy Lodge, as it was known then, became Raj Bhavan where the governor resided. In 1958, about 600 acre was handed over to the forest department, and in 1977 it earned the status of a national park.
By then, however, the original area of the park had shrunk as large portions of land had been given out for construction of Mahatma Gandhi memorial (9.25 acre); cancer institute (9 acre); Rajaji memorial (2.5 acre) and Kamaraj memorial ( 6 acre). IIT-Madras and Guru Nanak Educational Society also got land. The famous cancer institute is located inside the city.
Interestingly, the wildlife warden of the national park, Karunapriya, is not aware of any such development. She says she hasn't heard about construction of the hospital inside the park. 'Many wild animals survive here. We have a healthy population of black buck.' Many wildlife activists are opposed to such a project.
Chennai-based wildlife filmmaker Shekhar Dattatri said: 'The construction of a hospital will increase vehicle traffic. Besides, the development will have a long-term impact on the fauna and flora. This green space which acts as lung of the city should be protected.' K.V.Sudhakar, member of Madras naturalist association told TSI: 'Guindy national park is the last green patch in Chennai. It seems that the hospital has been planned near the Raj Bhavan. But a hospital inside a park is insensitive as the medical waste disposal and intrusion by the human beings will definitely spoil the atmosphere.'
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